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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1906-11-01, Page 2"DEVON OR, A HOPELESS LOVE. 1 004 0+04 0+0+0++0+O+0+040+0+0♦8+ CII 11'1E11 VIII. "Well, the elephant is outs at Inst, tart." • "Yes. I feel tired already." \ an Mack and !)are were returning to the cottage after cienpleting the pur- chase 4:1 the Clarion, "By the way, John," remarked van Slack, "did you notice how brusquely the olds man treated ane? eke would hard- ly deign to uutiee rue. i really felt un- comfortable." "Is:a'1 that strange?" Dare stopped s moment to light n cigarette. "Such a genii,' fellow tis you are, toot Dul'lice must be extremely unimpressionnbte. flow he resisted your efforts to please Join►, 1 really can't understand." A sarcastic senile crossed his face as he continued: 'slut what 1 noticed e:'pecially was that Mrs. Durkee was not present. How do you account for that, old 'tan?" "Ilton, I haven't thought about it. 1 suppose Alio has a woman's prejudice against contact with affairs of business." Van Mack spoke in a tone of indiffer- ence. but his flushed face belied his words. Ile had been bitterly disappoint- ed because Mrs. Durkee had failed to appear, and he was out of humor with the whole world. The young naen strode onward rapidly. 1S was almost high noon, and nature ecemed to await in silence the sun's at- tainment of midday's goal. Van Slack !coked unusually handsome this morn - Ing. Ile had donned a white flannel Fhirt and a blazer with red and white stripes, wliile around his, waist he had tied a ted silk sash. A soft cap of the Atone color rested ,'arelessly on his head and set off to advantage the Spanish beauty of his face. The sun had begun In paint his complexion a w•arill bra,wtt tint, which \veil became hint. John :ingln Snron instinct, the group hail Dare. w'hn was always somewhat jean termed itself into a circle in the +entre ous of llm' physical charms of other t a 171 1 u , !f 4 "1 think you ran thrash hint, w ti pored Dare. as ho took his fr'iend's blszer onil threw• it ncro•s his arm. "Ye:u'Il have to ilei il, lir we'll have no peace seg tong as we remain 111 1'111n11- kel. Fin s(mty 1 cant d., it myself." \'un Slu,•k locked almost insignificant as Ire slued watching his ewe:ponat with calm, steady eye i, his body lightly rest- ing on his right leg and his left fool advanced some mortes. Ills arms tmiII at his sieh+s, hitt there was something cutrlike about his attitude that Dare «as pleased to see. "It's the old fight t:etween !)avid and Collette" he re - smirked to himself. "if these country- men 11x1 51)111e spurting; blood in their veins I'd offer there odds on David." Poole stood looking at his antagonist R me;ment. '!'hen he tuuk off his straw hat, relied up his sleeves of Itis flannel shit'(, and, turning to his fuilo\teis, smiled grimly. "'!'het little chap looks ns tit' he Haight lee Trendy with his lists," rcritarked one villager, as 11e vutched wan Slnrlc. "Yes, ittet's so. But Jirn'll only have to hit print once. Jinn's ugly to -tiny, and he's about twic't as large ns that city fellow." Indeed, Poole, as he stepped forward after preparing himself for the fray, really seemed to be as large again as van `lack. The muscles of his fore- arms were enc►rn)o11s, as were laic bi- ceps. Ilis che.st was broad and deep, and, es bus Teen remarked before, nhnve the waist he was ph>sicat perfection. "Itis legs are a failure," whispered Dare to van Slack. "Let him push the fight at first. His own weiggl+l'll wind hint." \'an Slack did not speak, but smiled as though he had caught the Weeds. Meanwhile a few strnggters hnal been added to Ihe assemblage; and, with true' men, itaokeil up at his companion once of which stood van Slack and Poole. or twice in silent. admiration, and ni nt If he kttntr, how lo )tit, thought Icreti to himself, "Poor Durkee! Poor von Slack, "1'11 have some trouble with .\\here s the Baron?" asked tun Mack. I)urke^f' him. Ile must strike a great Now." nunlhr r of meshes per linear inch. " who was extremely sensitive 10 %vont Any dense,hard stone many be used, 11e the end seemed st deserted, To tell the elmtnrig l►t truth, the iI ynuitg; may. le' termed the bnrome(ric changes cutch as 1►yt'd liurr.tnn( sir trap rock, hut Ili the of the street,just where neon was enjoying his little adventure op Ilte sorinl iinnosphrr,t. tree' trent duct Ila' loam,. Soft, porous the lune trading; up to the Nan �iin1I t,ugeay. Ile tuns n brawler neither by '•i I,' met with an accident this morn - • k, rand rocks o renege jr,int'cl the' nonce' highway, rt smolt nature nor habit, haat the excitement f sleek i I le►ty fnrntatinrr group of villagers had gathered. "1'la re' are some of your friends, the natives." remarked t)nre. Rol est mora; vivo le Roll" is • cry► Mem which curries with it the echo of a uui- t'e't.'ul human characteristic. After finding .some difficulty in get- ting array fr, �ml the i'atot:kelans. w•hu wanted to eta:uine hie biceps, kern ids weight, and. above all, hear how much money it had cost him to 'caster "Ihe utunty art,' van Stack hastened h„r uewa r.:. John,'' he said to !)are ns they walked „n, '`1 think our popularity with the natives has been established this i:nrnieg. 'I'Itey et ideutly hat© Lind bragging bully." "Yes. and he has lost what friends he had. If he had thrashed you, he \\•„relit Bate rice' erott•n►',I tti1h Is i ets. .1-hei+• .sympathies were with hire at first. I'111 very glad you knocked hint out. if you hadn't, even little Fritz %veulel have di tied us. Hut doiet blind youm - 1! to aIle.+ stern filet, 111(1 fellow. eft have 'mule a hitter enemy. From his looks, I should judge that Poole is a 'tun tt110 believes in the creed of the vendetta." "To Ie l the truth. John, I didn't want tri adopt heroic tt•i•atntciit tritl► him. But I hate a htperr•ite. \\'hy. do you know at the moment iti'. caller rte 'a \\ ine•gu'zlin' drunkard.' his I.reulll wTis rank with th' odor of shiskey. Ile is one .,f the most Inuit-Ilunutlaed Prohi- bitionists in the village. Ile is a than who has _been ruined by this no-lieen- e nonsense. Ile was a quiet, sober. in- dustrious fellow when he lived in Grey - pert, where' they sell liqu„r; but he came here'. and the atmosphere of the plate made 1`171 11 c'70 i,la,' e'tetll and drunkard. Le Betas 1. 1. 'end (mealy a law w-leclt he can bsciei, in sc; : ••t " "1'1'1, he show's in his face the effects of string drank. Fur a no -license town, l'atonket seems to have it good many citizens whose noses have leen redden- ed by something besides the sun. 1 have a suspicion, \an, that if the effort to edit the Clarion 1:11011111 prustrale us, we can obtain from the drug; -store down stairs something more brining than soda -stater." \\hen etre young Arlen renehed the rot - lege they found Mrs. van Slack and Hilda sealed upon the veranda. The younger woman w•ae attired in a riding - MAKING CONCRI:'I'I: FLOORS. Concrete floors nifty he divided into Iwo cusses: '1'ltuse3 wieeat rest i11►iicd►- 1tely upon the ground, as a cellar er luseitiest fluor. and those eupperled Ly girders and made in the fi t ru of snail's ostler Il+etul rcimlore•cn►cet, write:, Mr, 'l'he, adore M. Cuse. The floor consist, es enti,elly of three parts: first the porous foundation which rests upon the ground and l,ri;vidcs drainage, thus insuring against Ihe heat- i+.g of Ilio hour !'y fr•,est in freezing wen - !Ler; second, the body whi, i► furnishes slrenglh lo the floor and supports the third p,a11, the surface which receives ives the we air'. The first iney be of cinders er clinker's or (oar:cc' gravel 0r stone chips w•ct1 b(d,1(1 and traan►p,cd. 'lite scrone1 is of Portland consent concrete. '1 he Ihiril is a mixture of puritan(' ce- ment and sand or crushed stone. bort part is equally important and perforans its function I c'st %•hent matte 0f the rna- ttr:als rnentienecl. For t)ie foundation provide rindets or clinkers free from ushec; slug, stone 'hips of clean, coarse grovel (if such size that it will pass through a 3 -inch ring and the sunrillest pieces will just pass through it 1 -inch ring. a:increle consists of two ports, the matrix. consisting of neater (•nnlposed portland cement and sand or crushed .stone; and the aggregate composed c.f broken stone car gravel. The function of the matrix is to cover each particle of the nggn•egtate with 'mortar and to fill all tea' voids or space in Ihe aggregate anis hired all the separate particles eont- pos:ng it together into one solid MOSS Tutt: BEST' CEMENT. obit of blank l,roadclnlh, !t wu fhee The only cement suitable to use is a t1 r•d Italie brand a'f p,orllund cen►ent. The tnost bee-i)rning costunve she could Raper bag J•: t1( tie; t furan of pucknge wear. The Niger and symmetry of her in w 11:rh in leu}• the cement as res, figure were revealed by the light -fit - than will lee absented through it ting, dress. while her pale Nee 1 okeil Ihun through cloth. Reject all bags r;lrikingty I+and.„rne hc•neiltl n silk hat that e,enlain lumps. The i'Pttlent has whirl► rdestrd juunttly uJ,on her dark, absorbed moisture and its talo rich hair. In enc hand she rarticrl a paired, a is int- crup wi111 wluch site ons nervo►1.1y tap- Any coarse, sharp saint may he nv'il. ping one of her sew -armed riding- It should be quite free fr•urn clay loam bouts, She acid ni,t look up as her lire-, t;,,grtaLlc tette ur any niter foreign thee and I);tre o m►rnnched, and it was sot stance. The size shied(' he such plant evident !hat .something annoying had, it will alt pass a 1'11. 4 screen, and the occurred to her, bulk of it should le course rather than "R'1►y what's the emitter. mother. tine. '1'hi� number of a screens is the "Inv Jove, that fellow• is n giant, \'nn. 1 shoutt(n't cane' lo quarrel with hire." "Ata, that must be 'Jinn' Thiele. i've heard of him. They sny he is a great bully. I wonder what they are doing nt that corner. 1 never saw any of them supporting; that particular fence' to t re. They generally loaf in front of Ed yards s store." e As the your men n a )rendre. Pool•' Ile \\lie annoyed by the word.. the giant doctor's °dice. 11 ons neeescary to clip basis of arty mixture should he the K i I lied just altered, and felt inclined to pI re ningye of void, in the, sand and and his companions it was evident that ren his hcnrd before Ihe w ornul could mischief was brewing. A x•ovimiiatl is nbanden the Fabian policy he hod adopt- he examinee The doctor look a fete broken slope. Our proportions w ill 1 o (lie slabs is to lay alternate Necks. nota l to be 0 clever nrturl t i s ed at Dare's suggestiren• 1�talches in hi: che'k, and utter fining; as follows: Cement elle pert. sand 2.:,3 then nftcr soy 21 hours, remote the pr and n this i3a11. though !'note had labii himself carts. stone 5.21 arts or 1.01')-2..'►a•5: guides belw•ecn the slab~ aired 1111 in the instance the i'alonl:el giant showed in t: 0 barl•ers the Baron t•o(le' back here (.. I ' his face end manner that tiee had hos- open 1 a return blow which 'tight with ire. Ile was anwfully plucky,'' she 2i. Tn 'Make one cubic lard of con- (intestate spares, first epl:acing! the `trips tit' designs against to Slat and )' Lave hien effective, , von Slue 1: restrain- addle.) hvst•'rira1ly, "but his beard k n trete there will t►e! 1eduired 0.93 cubic of the lamed paper , r felt against the n k u 1 i ,utp,yards of stone. 0.42 cubic yards of sand edges of the sluts already cornpla tell. long before they tenchrd (aim. Poole ell himself end +t'we'ed in an attitude' Id rr.hte jos..'' , was n mon nbou! six feet three inches of defense. 1'nn Sli4c•!: c'u'rl not restrain n smile. and 51 bags of cement: one cubic yard Provide at si•aight edge long enough In height. anti. Iheu eh his legs were The gianl was surprise,) el the failure' ! "\1'i►y. 1 1homg+ht you fried roar hest of twirler for surface will contain 0.91 11) reach from goitre to guile with the 1- g R not ns well developed as his cutest and of his onslaught. I1•' drew bail; a few (, mum, 1:,174 shalt( 11 nif (arty iti Ito cubic yards sand end 10.1 bogs of CC- ends 'niched clown 1 !Orli or 2 incthes, stir - /11'111s, must Dote wee weighed 'snore than two 1'nrc4• panting heavily, his eye 5 blazing sulnnmt'r, and were annoyed n1 hint lie- Hunt. rn• whatever the thickness of the 5ur- g' • , ,. ►„ • •I he unit of lmencur(nnent i'; the ria, lc- face is to 1e. Spread the concrete to hundred l,oi'te[s. Itis farce wo►lid haat a anti his tate 111r•hc'd !ronin hi vigor r of eau -e he refs -e.1 to. horn inconststteltt teen coarsely hundsmuc had it not been his useless altar.h. It was trident to you arc!. ed (enaent. peeked. 1�(cause th:at i; 111,, etieh a depth 11►nt when tntmpu'd the foe• a sunt+', tlisrnntrnled c\prc,ss;,,n won Shirk that Poole was completely nt "11111-1,111- well, never 'rind. ilei e •ttditinn in whi.�h it exists in the con- straight edge will just clear Ihe tnp. which hovered about his mouth noel 11i, 'terry, The 1'atnnkelan entail strike tra,ndsonler titn11 Imo( will. even now'." Crete. The loose toluene is el least isle- Leave the top rough 1,. +creche' the sur• - a terrible blew, hilt hes n!oventrnts were she l,kned defiantly n1 Dlaire, whose clumsy. and lie had no conception ((inn►uc(rni nt at the conversation was de- seientifle cnai! ring. Ile depended who! p,c'ed on his face. )t• upon offensive methods fur his sue- "Per•n+il me In expiress my regret for . ,, cess, 1 t ant sl left hiscoin- t ae f t ar 1 1 e. c t ast t ht tin '+keel ur enc 1 to ti 1•lelely unguarded. But he had lenrne.l c•erernoniously. "Such ra loss As he has ► nntething from the case wilt wvhi-•h incurred seems peculiarly h1'artrertditte Nan Slack had tinned aside he: frr•:t to Inc. n held and beardless ;1tnl•ricran.,. lunge, and l egan to act with more eau- MISS Ilildn did not reply. scut rising tie.'. ouiikly stalked haughtily into the '!'im' onlookers, excepting Dare. were 1►unse. nctrti:heell nt the repulse of the giant. "Weil. mother?' snit tan `lack. seat - "\\'Ill, 111 lie (turned el !het want the Ing himself in the chair his sister had peoliest thing 1 ever see!' exclaimed a �(-ar'nteit, and lighting a cigarette. "the bronzed. heavily -bearded villager as he Clarion is ottr:s. i1(ren(ler you wi11 lok(d al van Slack admiringly. Ile kindle trent Jmlt11 nn(I thyself tt'ittl the sccnue I to toi,'e the sentiments of 1110 tensed(! ation due lo prominent men." crowd. and it 'normo+ of applause aro'e clue tau 1111 eeoff at all c'r'ooners. en the midday nit. Bulger!" exelnirried Mrs. von Slack. who Poole heard il, end it addled t e the still +e'n'ded a reprehensible respect for anger tint was dominating itis brutish i+ulu•lry. 'swing. doubtless. lo an here- nalut','. Once 'gain Ile ntlenlpted lo d;ionc mint In her ),Inr►el. t'e'nch van Sleek's face, rind tint only "Oh. yeti Inn tt•r„nt! ase. mother! foiled but was 'tet by a sharp. stinging 11.•,tn't .hi. Jelin? There's n eertnin s chest That matte him Paas ► Mr. Poral•, at ,u viiinent Pelonheten- 7TZ;,.ot7t Coughs mow on 11 f- i 1 for br(nlll, tt ho ems trs'iry ghat( 1 am (he mos( eur- Stepping I nekttnrd, von She': dropped hie hands and asked quietly: "Ilnve you hail enough?' The feel was t1►nl his (nose ienre troubled him A„nme�w•hat. Po ole tins suet easy prey that it seemed nln'n.t r�ew:+t'dly t,1 continue the fight. ".Xo. you -. little. --- --_-1•, Anil with weeds ton strong to endure the hands of type. !incite. thinking Il!at h's nntugoni.t was off his guard. rush - e: ((award and Hinted a blow nt van Slack which h,•ttl in it .n(ltcient f, rc,� lc overcome the hiller's hasty defense rind grazed his fnrhs'n.l in such n wny as to cause hint considerable pain. Poole paid dearly fear this sliarht sae- crsi. With 010.11-',0 r attldily %en Stitch cnunlere l hie oppone'nt's Meshing' blow-. >i f \tlln was dill }h flsl rr►u,,ht 11► giant. , (•(.rush' forward. hist 1 d'hind the left tett•. That ended the minim!. 7.11. bul- ly r • � z end 'senseless « r ,n the grass. ly rept . e n. cue mein >` n shoal mingled with nstoni=hm�ent :ant) 5alistarlien w'e'nt up froth the t'aton- ketnns. Von Shirk turned eneliv In !tare tied donned his blazer. The elan! hail open - A.: Pik (yes, and seemed le 1e elott•h- ret.'nh►ing rnnscioaranese. bail he met w illi clig ht consideration from his 1t±g, atnswetcd \(r., rnn nc solemn- should be mottled. (rntcl may be sub- s pugi!isiic encounter was n welr,,t+se 1,.. "Ile has gone to his neon to rest sIitulyd for hr„ken stone'. In size lite relief 10 the dullness of 1'ufo'ket. 'AV"). you wine-gZuzzlirt' dhunkarli, ©�w'hil�'s' t s , "this stone or gravel should he such that it lin, r+sar! elect !)msec to himself- lf-\‘i11 pans a 1-inc•h mesh 811(1 wiil be hike that!' exe�leinued Poole, ns though oris been a dies rose fear livpoc riles." desirous of informing the lyslnnder:, ,a �., relight nn a No. 4 n'sh. :1s with f Iow diel 11 i►apl,en. 1111,11►. grte•tiu0- that he had a lnmdahl,' nsntivt' Inc hi stinal. Ihe conrsc particles shrntlt: pre- that senseless attack on van Slack: end rushing fer'w-ari he launched el Dore. turning tewvnrd his sister. "\\',•1l. you see." she explained with an effort• "we were just entering: Grey dominate. The water used should be free from mud and Irvin acids and al- a vicious blow with his huge Fight hanel port. o hen the Hsaren's !horse reared lialliar ui hi, nppone't's 1(nd. smddenly. a,n(1 is' wars tlu•ntt•n against \'ori est • us it's of ilice rccomntcnd ver[• Van Slack skillfully parried the Ill- role mixtures of cement, sand and . e crone at the title of Ihe rand. Itis � , tae k, nmol .tpnped lit!htly in one side. stone, such as 1 -1. I03-5. etc. The fare 1 batty cut. and we hurried to a A Refreshing Stimulant 11 That Is perfectly harmless, because It Is absolutely pure. L CEYLON GREEN TEA. A Perfect Luxury to Japan Tea Drinkers Lout) moots edgy. 460, II0o and •flee par Ib. At ell Srooars. G inches deep and deposit the ('n►,•nl evenly 1,11 Ihe sand. With bee 01 .'hea- rts thorougihly mix the ttvo dry until the mass has a unquiet) color through- out. Now add water until a rather thin mortar of wlitorm consistency resorts. LL'TT 1'INCENL S.tYS NOT MASHIE Upon this mortar elope .Sit this tneasul•ctt Tull: HOME.Mone or gravel, previously wetted, unit mix again until all the stupe is coasted with metier. The object of wetting the stone previ- ous to adding it to the mortar is to wash off they dust so t1►tat the stone Atilt present clean surfaces for the murlur to adhere to, and being; wet it will not al'stract any Inoisllsre from the mortar. The necessary amount of water to be used with the mortar is determined in this way: After the concrete has been deposited in place and spread to tete proper thickness, it little tamping with it light tamper should flush the mortar to the surface. This is known as medi- um concrete, earns less than 120 a week :should he The surface of the floor is composed self-supporting. Ile said that factories of mortar alone, containing the mune proportions of cement and sand as used in the concrete, but sc►n►ewt►at less writer. Mix no more concrete nor mins ter than will be used at once. SHOULD WIFE EARN WAGE Moat of Them Earn 'rhea' Hard Enoug:i in Their Own House- holds. Shall Wiles earn \t11gi:59 Must the clinging tine 01 tradition run a rimmed down its wavering; opine because a few would-be reformers of established things have culled it a parasite? tasks Betty Vincent. I say no! A learned professor announced lost week that every woman t\ hose husband LAYING THE CONCRETE. All theirs and walks ;are made up of eepatraie slabs nuutting together. but separated by tarred paper or felt about 3i inch thick, so that they may expand or (-entr;t,`t individually. Do not lily the 0!r immediately against any per - Len of the building, such as the side wall, tut interpose the paper or telt. and shops had taken the (tome wo- man's ucctipution away from her. In fernier lieu's, he says, 11.e housewife p1eparedl \vitt] her own hands every- thing her family cens+nncd; laked the ti -end, wove clout and made, it into gar- ments for their use. Now all these ern- pk yments are pursued outside rite home, and runless she follows them she becomes a dead weight on her husband. TIER OCCUPATION. Which is all very well. But he for- gets that tvonian's chief oc; upatien, the purpose for which site was created -- Otherwise cracking of the flour may rte- the bearing and rearing of chilth•en- sttt. 'rust always remain the same, and that Stable floors should be f, incises thick, anything; which interferes with il, a1s ihatt is. 4 inches of hotly and 2 inches of earning her own living certainly must. t. :surface and tinkled into slabs not larg- is a ga nrr nuistakd�. 11 has Lien found, 421.than 8 feet fey 10 fret. \\'utks should moreover, that where the wile works 1 four Mertes thick, with a 1-i11ch ilaick fat• a giving: the husband's earning porter surface, of slabs 5 fret by by feel. Flours of cellars aanil milk houses may be 3 inslies thick with a 3 inch thick surface. Excavate 12 inches to 16 inches be - lett' the tiui-.tied floor level. Unless there is a natural drainage, rile must be laid in the excavation and led away from tate building to a lower level so That water will not slant( in tier foun- dation. Deposit the foundation and wet 01111 rain the cinders to a solid bed to a proper level below the finished their line'. On the foundation tet guides of any more than business women should 2x3's or 2x1's or 2xti's, depending upon he, Ilte Ihi'•hncss of the fluor, on edge, di- The decline of matrimony among Aiding ince space into dabs of theproper young men and women in our times size rindheld by stakes outside the dant sante sociologists view \tslil alarm guides driven into the foundation, but ie largely due to the realization by scif- not nailed to the guides. fi good al tea ' In Insure c►afimt I.( supporting: women that it is tante re,n►- t- } r 1rnfnrtable to live un 815 or $20 that they is diminished. and the family in•'onae 1; rarely augmented. And meantime, what has b• eom of the home? The question, "Shuld wires earn wages°'' is in reality not a fair one. do earn: wages, and rather men. pre wages at that, by the care and ntlrniion 1h••y give their hones. Some of them may lean( on their jobs, to be sure, but that is true of other percnns, Wives should not be classed with Thein eyes, 11e was es tre\11 a: it gypsy, end , trly black unit' edited to his ro- orae►tie appeerarnee. "110, ,n like t me '-r '= 1 1C k k R, t e r ,l ra �at- 1 to l Ila veto',' .aid Dare a !moment before 11,'\• t4 ';,'•i this 11111c group. There were five vllinger•s in ell. young men elle had. apparently. just finished !morning spent in fold work. Tohy steed leaning against the fene'e in sil- ence, 1'nole slntie:neii in front of them 11.( a colonel before his regiment. Van clad: was walling nn the outside. so that Dare hail to pars next the pully. 111 an instant i)are stumbled end u•rnrld have fallen, had not von Slack steadied The giant's fool had been put !sewed In trip him. "1 leg ymtr parinn," r\, mimed Dnre with his most polite runtimes 'but your fent is t'e'lly sit snsnll that 1 dial not see it." Ile haokc'1 q+tizzi,'nliv at the tau t'e' rept 441 111e Villager. "1 trust you • fe,ngrit'*' tile'." :1 sul'dlurel chuckle behind him told( P, ole that his regiment hail been amused) by Dat'e's rnnlne:c, The laugh- ter of hi. followers enraged the giant more, perhaps, than the young nun's t'''erns. "\Nut's flint re snv?" blustered Poole, .tl, ;,Hing (-Tenni and looking down up- on !)are with n wicked gleam in his Mock ryes. "1'11 tench ye to 00111e ft/Ol- in' round here with ye re llnntnpd cite airs. Ef ye wa'n't tin small 1'dl knock y,' down, droned of 1 wouldn't," "Perhaps." sltggesI4(1 van Mack, calmly rctttn%ing his Mazer as Ito spoke. '1 am more worthy of your prowess." 5'r►►nre sett excitement nt the fence. Ven S'nek's words were not vert' clear - 1y unelerstn,d, but his movements could net be tnicinlernreletl. "Wel. will's the metier with von'" e sktal Poole. Inrnine toward van Slack. •1).t ye waef le ltgtttt"' . '\ s of of nil, answered van Slack. lack. ' bet ae you seemed nnxfnua to kt11>.•k isemehodV down. 1 presented thyself es • condidnte." Again the era',ttn nt the to'm'e chuck - WA!. Like all t i1inre Millie; Jin! Poole tan/l 115. elaaqurr;. Mat even those who rttapinueleel him would have been glad tM flet' hl+m deposed, Ili' w•a, n (1051)171 ithntee rcimri was 0)0.1 tyranntc.al. The fPeta•, re `,,fit+�t�• J ang rjtt' ' 1,a to de 000 im thy• wet' In tai.• ;coca iMnrit►in''1 lav n slender. deli,•nro +mets /rnn, trio 'alt n 0111" Mort. 1h"n h -•II w /.4,1 rhorl_I. te.an 1.•t10t011 11nr1 rl►1'r g'Iv r' t+nds ligbte•r "Wail, 1 gruels not." g lnil little rattereNe n frail the reubiit •"-•r hut,ietneas, teal it +nobles urs to go hunt - 11l' in .ticred. Ile lige ori: teen overwhelmed. "l a tog fur happiness In en tutonwl.11e. third greater than the packed. A bag : face. of cement Meigle• about tl.► pounds, and The moiler steeil,l le well 'prend 'n - contains 9-10 of it tubi,• foot. A Iwo- to pinre it,l srs ne,Itied with a \vnnden beg 1 batch will :rol•altly fe as large ns font 1 which is like n plasterer's trowel it will I e desirable 10 1111x. To measure ire ole of w•.,n,1. 111,1 allow'e'd to stand 30 114' sand and stone, provide it wooden minutes and then the surface finished frame like a lox w ithe,ut top or boti.'iu, f with n Irmo. 11 .a smooth finish is flint wilt hate n t•olnwwc- r,f` 2x9.10 runes \vented. Care 'must to taken nnl to mix fret, or 1.s (-wee feet, which r. presents Ihe sus race '►citta1' t„„ wet. Use just Ihe volume of tee pnrkrd lags of re- (''sigh wader se Haat niter tt orlon rkin g. the tient. in the extunide l efnre us, this mortar \t ill readily strike off ('cepa the box tilled 2.5:1 helve will give the vat- feat and it eve!. lune of sand. and tilled 5.23 limes will Finish, I woo the noel, it presents a kite Il:e vmlunse of stone lo use with surface that is less eliopery when wet two bags of Ceu i'nt, nmol Is preferred pe}• :,same. Trowelling \IIXISG \\ ITi1 TUE \\.\'1'1'it. firings a certain aniennt to the surface and on this ncco11111 as little trowelling The mixing may 1,' Ilene 011 it 1ight es possible sh„u!d no .lone. platform, nr a hard, cld-ait spot of .lfter tlr.' surface, rant ground. First spread the sand about Ihrough it dew!) to Ihe hotly with n omen blade on the line of the ndjniningt dols nest Ulan 14- ever met." To 1,0 continued.) 11 U'1'1' 1x -1\('T. Nut long ago a certain fernier. well known for his violent temper. :met! it local horse -dealer in the county i.ort. II,' hod bought a horse. w Well the dealer lead guaranteed to be "quiet to tide and 1h ire." tlntl he 11,4W sought to rectoer 1110 amount pard for 1ht' at►itnal. In staling his case. rainier 1lolhend hist his temper more than once. and had to he fr e'►puently admonished by the judge, One of the witnesses for the defence, a 1 Unner owner of the horse in qti.'$- titin. th'clnrcel that the animal was "absolutely u ithoul tire." "1s aga'n-i that." observed ih►e Paige. "Farmer IIeIII(ad asserts that the ani- mal is ti, lour -Ilan( it ran away. and sntnshc.l his trap In splutters." the witness. "f wouldn't hnVe helieted haat he' tt ottld brave 11111 nw•ny frnrn nncbeily. but atter tthnt Fee seen of Me diminlitf Iu•day 1 del't'a it likely he dstl run away --and hang me if i c811 Mance tlse horse! 11 t\ aen'1 %ice. 1►•wnsfncn, t'. lin were Ion busily ene,ac;ed tls'engh: it utas n happy instinct!" an \e 0101in" "[1Qv1J" tit rat much nt• ♦,_.,..�. terttie") to irie prostrate "Goliath," ~_ So 11 Is ::lents M Ilse t' !1'tJ. '111• 1)aetors before they heal their rich de'eenteed ci1+A•7" on: no natter hay great frstient• generally heal tbemsc)ve-s. +coil t • 1 rmer prat• roc, commune:a \\'e know• Hist rl.•hes 1111 lint i,rine A tickling hi the throat; hoarseness at times; adcep breath irritates it; -these arc features of a throat ce.ugh. They're very de- ceptive and a cough mix- ture won't cure them. You want something that will h.al the inflamed membranes, enrich the blood and tone up the ;:v stem .'. .'. .'. .*- Scott' s '. Scott's Emulsion is just such a remedy. 1 healing I t has won and nourishing power. Removes the cause of the cough and the whole system is given new strength and vigor .•. .'. &sd Ji r f n as' / SCOTT & BOWNE, chem ii 7,,..ie, Oa /. jar. Ill P.m,. /11 liQiin and neatly round the edges of the joimte and edges next the euidec. '1'Iae floor should Ise protected from Iltt, direct rays of the sun, to reduce etapnrulion, nn,l 12 1011'R rafter the sur - (ace has '-ct hares. it 'hound be sprinkled and kept wvrt for 10 clays. Alter that it may to pout into service., ORIGIN OF Ira: CRE.\M. Though the nncient (reeks end Ro- mps used ice for fable purposes to get through et en hotter weather than we have. they knew nothing of "ices." These were introduced into Ftwneo from Italy at►1011 1661). end known at first es "fromages slates," iced cheeses, al• Ihctigh Ih?y were made of strawberries, npricols. and so forth. and contained not n drop of cream. From 1 712 the use of " glnccs" in the plural was sanctioned by the academy. but not lefure i$23 did "one glace" force its way into rtcog- nized ncceptenre. "Ices" are referred to from time to time in the eighteenth cen- tury in English people's letters from nl►road. "Iced creams," however, were known ns early as the year when Wil- liam of Orange conte over, and t y the middle of the eighteenth century "ice cream" fig efred in cookery book.. EFFORTS 01' THE WEAK. "Alas!" eenfe-terl the penitent mon, "in a rtrrat1u'n! nt ttrnkne'Rs t .1010 a cnr- luad of brass !Mingo- "In iltings""ln a moment of wcnknrss ?' Ax- elalrmcd the judge. "t;uodnvs,s, mon. what would you have leken if you lied yielded In • ntc,r► (111 when 301J felt strong?"' cnr11 themselves than to share the same amount with a Haan. AT1L! O S PROFESSION. l0 N The average wife and mother who looks atter a hone %%sni a it servant, who washes .and dresses three or four children and s• imt1S then! to school vhn really keeps her house and family in '+.Jeri Roto w the most arduous profes- sion in the world. There is niore truth than pc,elr•y in the old saying: A man works from sun to sten. L'ut a woman's work is never done. The leisure class of women who put thter blue nt meetingss and ma- tinees is 100 small In be considered. The gr, at majority of women, whe- ther be \ei\ es or mothers or daughters, have always: worked. They have el - ways earned wages, ts•hie'il the)** have nal always received. But they have earned thecal in looking after their homes. and -n long as we dhave any hde,nes they will cot►tinuc to Very. fee. ,znrnara•ie+i sten sate mn11eV. Many a young man who lived up to the last cent of his salary. and, of course, entertained the iden that he could not afford a wife. 110.5 (malty discovered it,nt as a t'ar'ried man he not only lived better than al any time to his life, but 1na1 a nee! hunt: account besides. "in Japan." said n marriage I r..ker. In a recent inustrall comedy. "yell can g(1 a gond w if,' ter n bunch of shoe- sirings and a bird a:age.•' n good w ife e well!, that," re- plied Ilse comcdinn. Rel goo l old S••lnrnon mode a bet- ter estimate when he said n good wn- +non w'nc +above rubies. And rt good u ife's wages .hound 10• paid in rubies. if you haven't any rubies you, young married man. give her n few of Ihe lender spe.'ehee you made befell, you were n,at ricin. Stie will like them even better. ........_.;.....tee... REGARDEi) AS AN OMEN. in seine ports of Sil,erin n lrideggrucnn, nil arriving home. cemninnds his_wife 1' wake riff his tools. in one is n whip end in the (Mier a purse. The contents cif the boot she first selects tier ;swoon) presage whether he is to le geruruu or Ihe ret•ene to her. A tory kind hits- ln,•I will put a purse in each boot And 'mil the %vhip. 111 make her believe that her choice is auspicious. ---0---dm. \II:CIIANIS11 ()1' '1111' c'.1nf . Peupele !unreel nt the met : hantsns of It: limiltet bodv. with tic t48 bones raid laxly ortestes. lout n'an is v'n ;el, ;n this respect cnritparccl with the care. Pad reinnrkal•le rld . move% nu !ei. t r Than 4.ne'6 !s'e'es nn( ne11.r'es /rosea 111111• it breathes It hes 1.•'a %,;,:•. 'e1 say nosh ng of its nineetpnile EDITORS IN THE SLUMS � `:I:t'tat ;.t\\' A % Isi\t: tit) DtD IM TILE tt tt OF IIUI:4\a;. G(1111:111 \ew •paper .Men 1% finder How l:hiidren 11i,as true►) sues Surroundings. Of the small P:,r ty ut Gianni+' editors who visited 1'ueik 11 reef tit ly s,'\ oral spent a morning in t usihng East End shims. They trod 'natio known their dewev to the' editor of the Daily Nesv.s ',urik•r in lee week. and urrangeuuents 1'1 short' t1e1r► some typical courts and Butte-, were trade with the Itev. !'(ter 1 h,esmpsoi. . uJtertnlcudcc.t of the Et,t !rail \h:.n„n, wtlo served tit the Daily :��ws 5 e tvd irrelustl•ics Co n ndle'e. Three of \11 . Flt ri+p, i't's h'unke'r s cacti look charge of Attu of 1r tisitors, s; (het quietly and wlubtl• :!y they tt ere given an iu+►bht 111(0 "01 ta11 phas- e; of tate London Nous:►,g J,rohletn'j r1t they tt•cre UHXNau$ tie oblaitt, fey tv.ro taken euro severs :ourL5 clod h'nc- Il:enls in \\'hstechape•1. 5{. a;eorgr's in- ehc-Eaast, and Sl:adwcll, and hound up by inspecting the 1.ndou County a:oun- t'i1.s dwellings that he benvec•tt Cable shut and the old Ratcliffe highway. 13E111.1N is R11I'Elt, "This experience is \that some of us fell we needed in eider to learn what lies behind so 11)1115 that is beautiful and good in London,' said Frau lay Brunn, r direr ref the► Socialist Neuf; Gesellschaft. "We have been treated with such reg,a.1 hospitably since we carne to London, and hate had to crowd so many events into our visit, that there has been a danger pest we should go hack impressed chiefly tt oh what might be called the holiday view I;! the city. So we wanted to gct a peep behind the :scenes, coil we obtained it this tnot( . "Compariso►1i1Ins, 1 knew, aro odious; hut I (steno( help saying that you will riot find in the w'on't quartri:s of Ber- lin such bad housimg conditions as you have in the East End. Wilt) BUT1.1• •!'IIEM'1 "Tine flat system is well-nigh univer- sal among our tvorktng people. It has its faults, of course, but it is some- thing far better than the dark byways of dirty little houses we tutve just seen, some of them in streets with dead ends, others in back courts, entered by long Helmet -like passages, ".\h, those courts! \\'ho built th^rnt I have net0r seen anything; so bud in the way of housing before," . The laity journalist was rclievetl 10 hear 111:+t nothing .of the kind is permit- ted to i+e• built now -a -days. "jour Comity Counetl dwellings were by far the best we saw. Itut, I confess to some surprise. 1 expected to find them fetter. 1 tia•e'teht the rooms small and the kitci►en fillings inud,qunt,'. 1 certainly thought to filet in London that the municipal flats for the wor•kproplo were superior• to the privettel}-Jaunt flats for Berlin wurkpeuple. I was dis- appointed. RENTS 1'00 HIGH. IGl i. "The rents also seenred to me to le high. I think our• w•orkpeople get tee- ter accommodation Ir!• less relit in the thickly -populated parts of !Berlin than seems to be the case in London. Our municipalities do not build dwellings. They rather take the lino c. �. otri:ag;• -c - ,n,�;1'- n It n O et'u I t er bu d 111 ' others S t P ties, building societies -•by securing cheap land and laying out roads." I)r. iBober, Drill, editor of the Frani:- furter Zeitung, struck the real evil of London life in a .sentence: "All the time I was in the fast End 1 was thinking what a huge mistake 1n mass the poor together in ono place. It is as bad for the rich as for 1ho poor. The Iwo a\trt'►nes in a city ought int ti be separated. They belong to each other. Nowhere have 1 seen such great masses of poor people living together with so little mmng,ing, of other eta•.. ns in the East End. And (what dreadful monotony! Stones and lericks, omit i.!- tered street~ nearly all tate way. \\ o hardly saw a piece of green all the time, and as 1 observed the bare -fooled children -more than i have ever seen is nrse-111' before -i u•nmlered how they had learnt to play amid such sur,'d,und- Ings:' 1'.\11) I 111 OUT. A man who v.e:; evidently from the country had occasion recently to go to one of inc large towns on a 'tatter of business. The :Horning after his arrival he was going to keep an a inhneuf,-...✓ when lie lost his way. Grr r. the ti►•.t policeman he met he asked him for in- fot'irlaation. "Dow can 1 hest reach - _ - Pet?' was Pie co'lntryinan's question. "Oh," replied the policeman, who nl- w ays thought himself exceedingly smart, "you can lake a cab, or. ns it is only about tun hundred ynnhs from herr, you can walk.' "Alt. yes," ~acid llae other, smiling, as ILough he' wished 1., show en npprec-ic.- lam if the juke. "1 know 1 esti welk, l'ut wont 1 w•nnt In know is the way." "Now. that's different," responded the policeman, with nn air of superiority. lie Then prnec,tIetI to give.' tete 114 5- snry diree'tions, ant) the rnuull'ynaan put his hand into his pocket as if to final at 1i1). "\\'i:l you Take a ,prink'" he asked. end 11'• eensirrhle expressed his r`adinc-s to (1 •56. "W,11." ,Il., the counlrylnnn - e�i�4rfiiiecl. "\ nu hail better go mei get 0110, and on can either pay for 1t t'ursetf nr you can g;et scelrneorte rIsc to -pay for or take it without paying at • 1;ol'1: DEFE11It1.1). Dingguss : "Shndbl►Il, I't ( I►orrnwe4 • goal many !+IIIc SUMS tro111 yt►11 al on* time and another. Do you know pas% how Haut ti 1 owe you Sltndlinit 'with alacrity): "ties; iI's exactly $14.•' 1)ing.ass: "Then let me have >E1. wdt yon? Thal will inane.• it an etln t11m►- d:•e it. and it hill he enei+'r for lac to iv nge:tlt:r.'r.' 1